Lawyers in England

David Harris

David rejoined Browne Jacobson as a Professional Development Lawyer in the property department responsible for training, precedents, updates, Lexcel and general know-how. He previously worked in education, lecturing and tutoring on the Legal Practice Course, the Graduate Diploma in Law and the LLB at Nottingham Trent University. Before moving into education, David worked as a Solicitor at Browne Jacobson dealing with all aspects of commercial property work before joining Nottingham Trent University.

Browne Jacobson LLP

David Harrison

I specialise in helping clients to structure and execute complex acquisitions, disposals and fundraisings in both the public and private markets. I look after a diverse group of clients, ranging from established multi-nationals and high-growth disruptors, through to alternative asset managers, UHNWIs and their family offices. While I have developed deep expertise across a range of sectors including, notably, in the Energy & Industrials; Consumer; and Real Estate spaces, a significant part of my practice is focused on the Technology sector and I find that the driving forces of technological change and disruption are common threads which run through the majority of the situations which I advise on. Although I quickly learnt as a trainee solicitor that the job didn’t involve anything like the level of glamour that I had lead myself to expect, from the moment I helped to close my first corporate transaction (a reverse takeover), I was hooked on the buzz of the deal and the amazing sense of satisfaction that comes from working with a team of like-minded people to achieve a common goal. While that same buzz and sense of satisfaction has kept me enthused and coming back for more ever since, I am lucky enough to have worked on a broad array of transactions across multiple sectors and jurisdictions over the years and I have found that this variety of experience has been invaluable in developing the balance between due care and a pragmatic and solution oriented approach to getting the job done which my clients value. I’m a great believer in the importance of education for all, so outside of work, I sit on the board of governors for a federation of four schools in my local area.

Fladgate LLP

David Hayes

Partner - Corporate

Weightmans LLP

David Head

David Head is a Director of a Housing with over 20 years’ experience working throughout London, with significant experience in homelessness, disrepair and possession cases. As a Solicitor Advocate, David has experience in representing clients in the higher courts. He advises on numerous matters which have a cross-over with employment for companies, including TUPE; mergers and acquisitions and employment contractual drafting.

Duncan Lewis Solicitors

David Healy

David Healy is a Partner and head of the Personal Injury & Medical Negligence team. David undertakes work for those seriously injured and has settled cases totalling well over £100 million. He has acted in a number of high profile cases. Typically these cases involve spinal cord damage, brain injury, amputations and/or serious burns. David has also practised in clinical negligence. David is very experienced in winning cases where his clients have been injured in road traffic accidents and accidents at work. He has a special interest in acting for members of the Armed Forces and for people with injuries caused by animals.

Lester Aldridge LLP

David Heard

David is a corporate lawyer of 35 years’ standing who specialises in advising businesses within the financial and insurance sectors on a range of transactional and BAU issues, including in particular as regards mutual societies. His work in these sectors encompasses FCA and PRA regulatory issues, finance and leasing, banking and security, derivatives, investment management and funds, long-term and general insurance and reinsurance, mortgage funding, consumer credit and data protection. David also advises across a board range of business sectors on general corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, business transfers, reorganisations and restructuring, joint ventures, shareholder agreements and various commercial contracts (particularly in relation to IT – outsourcing, software and platform licensing, cloud computing and SAAS). As well as being qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales, David is also a New Zealand-qualified barrister and solicitor. He advises in both English and French languages.

Keystone Law

David Henderson

David is a New Zealand enrolled barrister and solicitor and Chartered Accountant with a background working for a Big-Four accounting firm and Australian bank advising in the taxation and financial services sector. David advises on financial services disputes and regulation and also works closely with startups in the FinTech sector.

Browne Jacobson LLP

David Hill

David has provided legal advice to clients in the health and social care sector in England for 9 years. He previously worked for the Directorate of Legal Services of the Health Service in Northern Ireland. His areas of practice include primary care commissioning, information governance and regulatory proceedings. He has acted on behalf of a wide range of organisations in judicial review proceedings on issues ranging from public consultation about service reconfiguration to decisions about treatment funding. He advises on the regulation of GPs, dentists and opticians. He has a particular interest in the regulation of pharmacists. He also represents clients at inquests, including those heard by a jury and dealing with deaths in custody and mental health services.

Hill Dickinson LLP

David Hill

David advises public and private sector organisations on all aspects of regulatory, policy and governance advice. David works with clients on issues of public law, governance and regulation with a particular focus on the health sector. David has advised organisations on key projects including primary legislation for the NHS, the supply and administration of medicines and organisational change. He is best known to clients for offering advice which is practical and reflects the political environment in which they operate. David works with organisations across the public, voluntary and private sectors. These range from national regulators to charitable providers of health services and health tech companies. He has acted as an adviser to NHS England for several years.

Blake Morgan LLP

David Hill

Browne Jacobson LLP

David Hinchliffe

With decades of experience advising football clubs, David is renowned as one of the best in the field. He acts for a host of Premier League and EFL football clubs on all manner of legal issues. David has completed more than 60 football M&A transactions – which amounts to a large proportion of the club sale market in the English Premier League (EPL) and English Football League – and has been involved in the most complex issues in football since the early days of the English Premier League. “My work can cover anything that comes up in the football industry and no two days are the same. I act for a wide variety of professional football clubs, and daily I can find myself working on anything from corporate M&A of football franchises, to high profile litigation to complex regulatory issues within football. Alongside decades of experience, I am proud of the network I have made in the football industry. I enjoy building and maintaining excellent relationships with clients and my lifelong friendship with my clients is one of my proudest achievements. I often act for them from the moment they buy the football club all the way up until the moment they dispose of their ownership interest. Over those years, I’m generally a member of their Kitchen Cabinet, and there for them for any and every issue that arises. My working style is client facing and “full-on”. This is both the nature of the industry and a reflection of the passion I have for helping my clients identify the best possible strategy and solutions for them. I find a commercial and results driven approach works best in our industry. And I appreciate that when circumstances change – as they often do in football – the strategy needs to change and I adapt my advice accordingly. As anybody working in the football industry will know, its dynamic nature means that no two days are the same, and I’m often presented with a challenge that the industry hasn’t previously encountered. Solving these unique and complex problems that arise in football is the most rewarding part of my job. I predominantly work on litigation and regulatory issues within football and corporate M&A of sports franchises, although my work can cover anything at all that comes up in the industry for professional football clubs.”

Wiggin LLP

David Hitchcock

Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution

TWM Solicitors LLP

David Hobbs

Bevan Brittan LLP

David Holland

Partner

Squire Patton Boggs

David Holland

David has a diverse practice, working with therapeutic proteins, modified nucleic acids and traditional small molecules. He has particular experience handling platform technology cases, from drafting provisionals to EPO opposition, and from worldwide prosecution to national litigation. Highlights include successfully revoking many of Moderna’s platform patents for mRNA vaccines, protecting Ambrx’s antibody conjugate platform worldwide and successful opposition defences across Ionis’ modified oligonucleotide portfolio. David’s advice is built on almost two decades supporting both early-stage pharma companies and more established players such as Incyte, Biogen, J&J and Sanofi. David’s practice focuses on managing interrelated prosecution, oppositions, and appeals at the EPO, often providing strategic advice where his client is opponent in one case and proprietor in the next. He works in collaboration with the firm’s dispute resolution team, including supporting several UPC actions in the area of human therapeutics. David has a particular interest in the development of Europe’s new patent court and he’s often asked to share his UPC expertise, both through industry-wide events such as those organised by AIPLA and also as a guest lecturer at the European Patent Litigator course held by the Politecnico di Milano. He also helps coordinate national litigation, including advocacy at the Swiss Federal Patent Court, trips to the German national courts and work on UK litigation projects. Another of David’s specialisms is European patent term extensions (SPCs) for a wide range of products, including Jakavi®, Zynyz® and Evarrest®. Clients often rely on David to manage oppositions and patent prosecution that interlink with the SPC strategy. As part of this work, he assesses the SPC strength, patent coverage, and their interplay with the regulatory protections available to his clients. David is frequently involved in appeals against SPC refusals across Europe, including hearings at the UKIPO and supporting litigation in Italy, Spain and the Netherlands.

Carpmaels & Ransford LLP

David Holt

Partner - Large Loss 1

Weightmans LLP

David Hopper

I advise on industrial relations and collective employment law as a Solicitor admitted in England & Wales, Hong Kong (non-practising) and Ireland. My practice involves a mix of advisory and contentious work, with my contentious experience including me acting in cases at all levels up to the UK Supreme Court.

Lewis Silkin

David Horner

David is a corporate lawyer who advises on a wide range of matters including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity financings, spin-outs from universities and research institutions, international capital markets and corporate restructurings. David has broad experience working with clients across a range of industries, with a particular focus on transactions in the life sciences and technology sectors. This sector focus has resulted in David regularly advising investors, universities, research institutions and spin-out companies on the equity financing aspects of technology transfer and representing these same clients on subsequent financing rounds. The majority of David’s work has a cross-border or international element. David joined Bristows in 2009 having previously trained and worked in the London office of a leading US law firm. David is a CEDR accredited mediator.

Bristows LLP

David Horner

David’s main areas of expertise are in the field of microprocessor design, digital electronics, software and telecommunications. David acts primarily for large and medium sized corporate clients, with most of his work being in the area of preparation and prosecution of patent applications, and often spends time at clients’ offices in UK, US and mainland Europe working on their cases.

D Young & Co LLP

David Hughes - Consultant

Formerly a Solicitor, now a Consultant specialising in marine insurance, conflict of laws, ICC arbitration, collisions, cargo claims and defence work generally. International sale of goods and commodity disputes.Geographical focus: Japan, Denmark and France.

Jackson Parton Solicitors

David Hull

Partner

Squire Patton Boggs

David Hunt

David advises a broad spectrum of clients from the education, sports, banking, commercial and charity sectors on a full range of contentious and non-contentious employment issues. He also acts for individuals in relation to contract and exit negotiations and team move and restrictive covenant issues. He is a member of the firm’s Higher Education and Sports Groups.

Farrer & Co

David Hunter

David is a Senior Counsel in the Charity and Social Enterprise team at Bates Wells, bringing over 25 years of legal experience to his work with purpose-led organisations. He supports charities, social enterprises, impact investors and mission-driven businesses committed to social and environmental change. David advises commercial organisations on embedding purpose into their governance and stakeholder relationships, often in the context of climate and biodiversity goals. He also works with grant-making foundations and investors to develop fairer, more balanced funding and investment terms. His practice includes advising community-focused organisations delivering renewable energy, affordable housing and community finance, as well as providing guidance on procurement, subsidy control and contracting with an emphasis on achieving social and environmental outcomes.

Bates Wells

David Hutton

Bevan Brittan LLP